A former head of the Metropolitan Police Authority today told how he fears that his son, who has been cleared of taking part in the riots, may have been the victim of "malicious" allegations... more
London is getting a 'raw deal' under government spending cuts that will hit front-line services, Labour politicians in the capital have claimed... more
Olympics bosses pledge to support the London Living Wage as they recruit 130,000 people in Britain’s biggest peacetime mobilisation of a labour force... more
Labour frontbencher leads calls urging Boris Johnson to erect giant TV screens across central London to help turn the royal wedding into a huge celebration... more
Boris Johnson today said Londoners should be able to work into their eighties amid concerns over collapsed pension values and poverty in old age... more
In a now legendary Guardian article on mayoral election day, Boris Johnson's sternest critics predicted what it would be like "if this bigoted, lying, Old Etonian buffoon got his hands on our diverse and liberal capital"... more
My feelings about Tarique Ghaffur are very mixed. The impression I have of the Met's Assistant Commissioner - shared, I should add, by a number of rather more politically correct figures than myself - is that he may, if anything, have been overpromoted, rather than held back on grounds of race... more
Met chief Sir Ian Blair has been accused of sidelining black and Asian officers to surround himself with a "golden circle" of hand-picked, white favourites... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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